Improvement in fence-building machines



T. I. TALLY.

FENCE BUILDING-MACHINE.

Patexited MaylG, 1876.

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TTNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS J. TALLY, OF ROOKFORT, TEXAS.

IMPROVEMENT IN FENCE-BUILDING MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 177,587, dated May16,1876; application filed March 13, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS J. TALLY, of Rockfort, in the county ofAransas and State of Texas, have invented a new and ImprovedFence-Building Machine, of which the following is a specification:

My invention consists of a portable machine comprising a pile-drivingapparatus, with a portable attachment for making the holes and drivingin the posts; also, a boring attachment for deep holes, and alsowire-drums for carrying and delivering wires for the wire fence ortelegraph-wires, all as hereinafter described.

Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of my improved machine, taken on lineas x of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a plan view. Fig. 3 is a front elevation ofthe pile-driver and post-hole attachment, and Fig. 4 is an elevation ofthe boring attachment for deep holes.

Similar letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts.

A is a portable frame, mounted on truckwheels, and carrying thepile-driver G, with appropriate guides D, and rope-tackle for raisingthe driver by the horses, which are detached from the machine for thepurpose, to

which driver I attach a pivoted bar, D, for

punching the post-holes by the driver, arranging it in a dovetail slot,E, in the bottom of the driver, so that it can be shifted out of the waywhen the post is to be driven in. To the end of the machine is attacheda kind of yoke. F, for coupling onto the last post driven, as shown inFig. l, to measure the distance from post to post; also, to hold themachine from being driven out of position by the rope G,

which raises the driver. H is a boring-head, with an auger, I, to be putin the guides of the driver for boring the hole when it is to be madedeeper than the punch D will make them, the driver being at the timelifted up out of the way. The said head carries a rotary stock, J

in which the anger is placed, together with cranks K and wheels L forturning it. M is a kind of scraper, through which the auger.

Works, to be discharged of the borings raised out of the hole. Nrepresents roller-drums for carrying wire in coils and delivering forputting on the fence or on telegraph-poles.

The machine is alike applicable for building telegraph-lines by settingthe posts in like manner, and conveying the wire along them.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. The post-hole-punch attachment D, combined withthe pile-driver O, substantially as specified.

2. The punch D, adjustably attached to the driver, for shifting it outof the way of the post, substantially as specified.

3. The combination of clearer M with the auger l, substantially asspecified.

4. The wire-drums N, combined with the post-setting machine,substantially as specified.

THOMAS JACKSON TALLY.

Witnesses:

R. A. HASBROOK, G. L. 'BRowN.

